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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks.

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Cybersecurity threats: what awaits us in 2023?

SecureList

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. will lead more people to poverty, which always translates to increased criminality (cyber or otherwise), and we know ransomware to be extremely profitable. Some may even perceive this as their patriotic duty.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Acohido to share his ideas about the current cyber threat landscape, the biggest threats for businesses today, the role of AI and machine learning in cyberattacks and cyberdefence, and the most effective methods for companies to protect themselves. He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY.

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Security Roundup June 2023

BH Consulting

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim.

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Cyberthreats facing UK finance sector "a national security threat"

Malwarebytes

As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had a major impact last year. percent) reporting between 40 and 60 cyber security incidents in the last 12 months. million (roughly $750 million) through authorized and unauthorized fraud and scams in the UK alone.

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REvil ransomware’s calling, and it’s not good news

Malwarebytes

Malware authors and social engineers have relied on shame and the threat of exposure for years. This quickly became a mess of arguments over paying the ransom , and the world of cyber insurance and whether it would actually insure against these types of attacks. Shaming victims into action.

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City of Dallas Vital Services Shut Down in Suspected Ransomware Attack

SecureWorld News

No one is safe from cybercrime, and often the most vulnerable among us are the most likely to be targeted or victimized. In fact, sharing such information could even jeopardize much of the work they are trying to accomplish in working through this incident and end up causing more harm to the people around Dallas-Fort Worth than it does good.